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Las Pozas, the Surrealist sculpture garden of Edward James

Las Pozas

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 30, 2018

This image from my October 2017 trip to Mexico was submitted to the International Garden Photographer of the Year‘s Black & White competition, and ended up placing as a Finalist.

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Close-up of the flowers of Oxalis adenophylla

Oxalis adenophylla

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 27, 2018

Chilean wood sorrel or silver shamrock concludes this week’s series on flowering plants of South America. This is a plant that can grow in most temperate regions of the world, either outdoors or as a houseplant.

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Branch tip with flowers of Archytaea triflora

Archytaea triflora

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 26, 2018

From what I can determine, you would have to travel to the Amazon rainforest or a South American botanical garden to see today’s species. If it is in cultivation elsewhere, it hasn’t been photographed and shared online–an unlikely scenario, given the photogenic flower of Archytaea triflora.

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Emerging spring foliage of Nothofagus antarctica

Nothofagus antarctica

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 25, 2018

Nothofagus antarctica, or Antarctic beech, has the distinction of being the most southerly-growing tree species in the world, due to its occurrence on Chile’s Hoste Island.

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The flower of Aristolochia ridicula

Aristolochia ridicula

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 24, 2018

Like yesterday’s Jacaranda decurrens, Aristolochia ridicula is native to Brazil. This evergreen climbing vine has some of the most peculiar flowers, truly resembling nothing I’ve ever seen before! Today’s photographer, Bruce Brethauer@Flickr, describes this as “probably the most unusual flower that I have ever photographed” (he also suggests browsing through these additional photographs of Aristolochia […]

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The branch tips and inflorescences of Jacaranda decurrens

Jacaranda decurrens

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 23, 2018

One of the oldest-known living plants in the New World tropics is featured today: a 3800 year old underground tree from Brazil. Intrigued?

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Big Lonely Doug, near Port Renrew, British Columbia, Canada

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 20, 2018

The recent entry on Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir reminded me that we had yet to feature its iconic relative, coast Douglas-fir. What better tree to represent the taxon than Canada’s second-largest coast Douglas-fir, Big Lonely Doug?

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